Is it a crow or is it a cat? This optical illusion has spooked and confused netizens

The image has been shared by thousands of users on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Robert Maguire&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspTwitter

Optical illusions on the internet are a rage these days. Be it Kendall Jenner’s missing leg, a blue dress that looks black to many, non-red strawberries or a kid playing underwater, they all have gone viral at some point in time. Even the scary ones receive a lot of traction on social media.

Now, just two days before Halloween, an optical illusion of a crow has gone viral and it has spooked netizens around the world.

The image, originally found on Reddit, was first tweeted by Robert Macguire. It is now being circulated heavily on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

At first glance, the animal in the picture appears to be a crow looking sideways. But it is not.

In fact, the picture is of a black cat looking upwards towards the camera.

Robert Macguire shared the picture on Twitter and wrote, “This picture of a crow is interesting because...it's actually a cat,”. His tweet has received over 33,000 retweets and more than 1 lakh likes in less than 24 hours.

While some users tweeted asking if the ‘shapeshifting’ animal belonged to Robert, many were in awe of the creature and even compared it to Ludwig Wittgenstein’s rabbit-duck illusion.